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  "Driscoll says nonbelievers don't come to the church for the same reason that people don't gravitate to homes that are guarded by a couple of pit bulls..there are ways of guarding a house that are more discreet and that can give the house an inviting air."
  (tags: jollyblogger missional)
  
• Mathew Sims on the Atonement - T4G Article 6
  (tags: atonement T4GB)
• "I'd have to give Adrian's Blog a "D-" in salvation preparedness. There I was, in their midst for a whole week, and nobody tried to save me."
  Daily Duck makes the entirely valid point that in all our internal wrangling we have forgotten him - so tell me, how exactly should we explain the Atonement to him?
  (tags: atonement evangelism missional)
• John Reid Orders Abusers to be Moved From Near Schools
  In a bold stroke of rare common sense the man with the hardest job in British politics (sorting out the mess at the Home Office) has recognised that rights of kids trump the "rights" of paedophiles.
  (tags: news politics abuse)
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  ". . . when I go home at night and close my eyes and let eternity rise in my mind I see ten million more people in hell because of legalism than because of alcoholism. And I think that is a literal understatement . . ."
  Justin Taylor quotes Piper on why tetotalism should not be a requirement of church membership.
  (tags: discipleship legalism church culture)
  
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  "I am concerned that too many people who have the Gospel are lazy with it, compassionless, and not sufficiently motivated to spread it. I fear that this is me. Pray for me and Capitol Hill Baptist Church in this".
  Dever challenges us to pursue BOTH faithfulness to the Gospel AND relevance to our culture.
  (tags: dever T4GB evangelism missional gospel)